The Genocide Lie: Why the Accusation Against Israel Collapses Under Scrutiny

In the months since "Palestine" regime Hamas’s October 7 attacks, there has been a full-force campaign to frame Israel’s counteroffensive in Gaza as a supposed "genocide." The charge is not only false—it is an outrageous distortion of both international law and moral truth. The accusation dishonors the real victims of genocide, manipulates suffering for political purposes, and, worst of all, shields the genocidal intentions of Hamas behind a false moral equivalence. And as historians Goda & Herf reminded, if 'genocide,' it's rather Hamas that it fits the definition.

The Genocide Lie: Why the Accusation Against Israel Collapses Under Scrutiny

The accusation that Israel's defensive actions in Gaza constitute genocide is a baseless and inflammatory charge that distorts international law, dishonours the memory of true genocides like the Holocaust, and shields the genocidal intentions of Hamas. Rooted in Hamas propaganda and amplified by biased international bodies, this narrative demonises the Jewish state while ignoring the context of Israel's response to the 7 October 2023 Hamas massacre, which killed 1,200 Israelis and took 251 hostages. Far from genocidal, Israel has implemented unprecedented measures to protect civilians, deliver aid, and target a terror network embedded in populated areas. This article draws on expert analyses, legal definitions, and empirical data to debunk the myth and highlight Israel's moral and strategic clarity in combating a genocidal threat.

Introduction: A War of Self-Defence, Not Annihilation

The Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023, involving mass rape, beheadings, burning families alive, and the kidnapping of 251 hostages (with over 50 still captive as of October 2025, fewer than 20 presumed alive), was a deliberate attempt at Jewish extermination, echoing Hamas's 1988 charter calling for Israel's obliteration. Israel's subsequent military campaign in Gaza targets this genocidal threat, not the Palestinian people. The United Nations' 1948 Genocide Convention defines genocide as acts committed with intent to destroy a group "in whole or in part" – an intent absent in Israel's operations, which prioritise precision strikes, civilian warnings, and humanitarian corridors.

Tens of thousands of Gazans have tragically perished in the urban warfare, but responsibility lies with Hamas's human shield tactics, obstruction of aid, and refusal to release hostages, not Israeli malice. Holocaust historians Norman J.W. Goda and Jeffrey Herf argue that if "genocide" applies, it fits Hamas's blueprint, not Israel's defensive resolve. Aboriginal Australian leaders have similarly stated: "No genocide nor apartheid in Israel. Gaza has ruled itself since 2005; Hamas broke the truce on October 7 with barbaric invasions."

Hamas's Genocidal Intent: The True Aggressor Exposed

Hamas, alongside Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and Iran, embodies genocidal ideology, as outlined in its 1988 Covenant and 2017 charter, which call for Israel's erasure under Sharia law through unceasing jihad and antisemitic conspiracies. The Palestinian Authority has also faced accusations of incitement. Leading genocide scholar Israel Charny outlines key facts:

• Israel initiates no attacks on Gaza except in response to Hamas aggression.
• The 7 October attack was a genocidal assault on civilians, yet Israel rejected calls for Palestinian extermination.
• Hamas's charter explicitly seeks Jewish annihilation – declared genocidal intent.
• Hamas embeds weapons in civilian sites, endangering its own people.
• Zionism arose to end Jewish genocidal suffering, never advocating Palestinian eradication.

Former U.S. Ambassador David Friedman notes that genocide requires intent to eliminate a group; Israel's low civilian-to-militant ratio (1:2, unprecedented in urban warfare), aid facilitation, and Palestinian demographic growth under Israeli control refute the charge. Colonel Richard Kemp and West Point's John Spencer praise Israel's civilian protection measures, including "roof knocks," SMS alerts, and humanitarian pauses – actions no genocidal regime employs.

International Rejection of the Genocide Claim

A robust alliance of democracies – including: the United States, Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Belgium, Hungary, European Union, Australia, Mexico, Argentina, Paraguay and others – explicitly rejects the genocide accusation. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated before Congress: "We don’t have evidence of that to my knowledge." International law expert Nitsana Darshan-Leitner affirms: "It does not meet the legal definition." Over 50 genocide scholars, unaffiliated with Israel, concur.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and socialist-leaning states often support the genocide narrative, driven by ideology rather than evidence, unlike the fact-based Western consensus.

Legal Definition of Genocide: Why Israel Does Not Meet the Threshold

The 1948 Genocide Convention requires "specific intent" to destroy a group; Israel's aim is Hamas's terror infrastructure, not Palestinians. Gaza's population has doubled from 1.1 million in 2000 to over 2 million today, contradicting extermination claims. Israel's 20% Arab citizens thrive in parliament, business, and academia – hallmarks of equality, not apartheid.

Amnesty Israel's rebuke of its parent organization's "predetermined" genocide charge underscores the bias. Yad Vashem, the world’s preeminent Holocaust memorial, condemns the accusation as a grotesque abuse of Holocaust memory. Philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy states: "No genocide – a tragic war against a terror group hiding behind civilians."

The Morality of the Conflict: Fighting Hamas, Not Palestinians

Israel is not fighting Palestinians but Hamas, an organisation that carried out a premeditated massacre of 1,200 Israelis on 7 October and openly declares its intent to exterminate Jews. Equating Israel’s military response to genocide is not only legally baseless but morally perverse.

With Every Photo of a ‘Starving’ Gazan Proving Fake, How Can You Believe the Famine Claims?

Viral images of "starving Gazans" have been debunked as depicting pre-existing conditions like cystic fibrosis or rickets, not famine caused by Israel. Outlets like Al Jazeera, accused of acting as a Hamas mouthpiece with terrorist "journalists," and Erdogan's Anadolu Agency peddle staged "Pallywood" propaganda. Qatar-linked Middle East Eye and Erdogan's TRT are similarly guilty of promoting Hamas and Jihad narratives. An investigation revealed that 12 widely circulated images misrepresented Gaza’s humanitarian situation, exploiting emotions for political gain.

Hamas's "Health Ministry" inflates casualty figures, blending combatants with civilians and natural deaths, a tactic rejected even by the UN. A Henry Jackson Society study exposes this manipulation for propaganda purposes, with international media often repeating claims without scrutiny. Hamas admitted in late 2024 that 80% of Gaza’s fatalities are militants or their families. The "10,000 missing" claim remains unverified, static for months, lacking names or methodology.

COGAT's 10,000+ aid trucks since May 2025, bypassing Hamas looting (88% of UN trucks stolen), delivered 76 million meals via the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Social media commentator "Imshin" (Jacqui Peleg) curates videos showing stocked Gaza markets and normalcy under Hamas's grip, challenging victim narratives (#TheGazaYouDontSee).

Israeli Military's Efforts to Minimise Civilian Casualties

Israel’s military has implemented unprecedented measures to avoid civilian casualties, as noted by experts. Colonel Richard Kemp, former head of British forces in Afghanistan, states that the normal civilian-to-combatant death ratio in urban warfare is 9:1, with 4:1 as the best achieved; Israel’s ratio is 1:2. John Spencer, director of urban warfare at West Point, praises Israel for implementing "more measures to prevent civilian casualties than any other military in history."

Israel pioneered the "knock on the roof" tactic, firing warning shots to prompt evacuation, alongside SMS messages, phone calls, leaflets, and coordinated evacuation routes – even as Hamas forcibly blocks civilians to preserve human shields. Israel’s efforts exceed those of the U.S. in Fallujah or NATO in Belgrade, including combat pauses, aid facilitation, and treating Gazans in Israeli hospitals. As expressed: "Israel warns civilians before every strike. Israel opens humanitarian corridors. Israel delivers aid. But Hamas chooses death—for Israelis and for its own people."

Hamas’s Brutal Crimes Against Its Own People

Hamas calculates civilian deaths for propaganda, employing a "dead baby strategy" since Yasser Arafat's era in Lebanon, embedding military infrastructure in homes, schools, and hospitals to ensure civilian casualties for international outcry. It obstructs Gazan evacuations, blocks humanitarian aid, and attacks convoys, endangering its own people. By mid-July 2025, the US/Israeli Gaza Humanitarian Foundation delivered over 76 million meals, bypassing Hamas's monopoly.

Historical Roots: From Nazi Sympathisers to Modern Blood Libels

The "genocide" slur originated with PLO's Ahmad Shukeiri, a Nazi apologist who in 1946 justified the Holocaust in introduced in 1961 the "apartheid" comparison to smear Israel. In 1969, he claimed Palestinian Arabs celebrated Nazis during WWII, reflecting a genocidal mindset with his 1967 prediction that "none of them will survive." Farouk Kaddoumi's 1974 fabrication and Mahmoud Abbas's 2014 echoes continued this narrative, formalised at the 2001 Durban Conference amid antisemitic tropes.

The "apartheid" label, misapplied to Israel, ignores its equal citizenship for Jews and Arabs, who share voting rights, Knesset representation, and access to institutions. Security measures like checkpoints respond to terrorism, not racial ideology. The Arab League’s 1970s campaign to label Zionism as "racism," revoked in 1991, singled out Israel while ignoring Arab states' expulsion of 800,000–1,000,000 Jews post-1948. Omar Shakir’s 2021 Human Rights Watch report manipulated "apartheid" to fit an anti-Israel agenda, falsely depicting Israel as a monolithic, all-white state.

The auto peddlers of buzzwords "apartheid / genocide" (Pallyweid)

The fact that those who already peddled the Apartheid slur earlier rush automatically to do so vis-a-vis the "genocude" lie is an indictment, again on pre-determined propaganda, unrelated to facts.

The Role of Propagandists: Francesca Albanese and UN Bias

[Albanese], dubbed the modern Goebbels the UN’s "Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories", has a history of antisemitism, comparing Israel to Nazi Germany and dismissing the 7 October mass rapes. Since 2014, she has peddled "incremental genocide" lies, weaponising her UN role to demonise Israel. The UN’s structural bias, driven by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and UNRWA’s entanglement with Hamas, facilitates this narrative. The September 2025 Pillay Commission, chaired by Navi Pillay, relied on Hamas data and included antisemites like Miloon Kothari, who claimed the “Jewish lobby” controls media. The UN fired Alice Nderitu for rejecting the genocide claim, and Sergey Brin condemned UN antisemitism.

Media Manipulation: Hamas-Controlled Sources and Misrepresented Casualties

Casualty figures from Hamas’s "Health Ministry" are unreliable, blending combatants with civilians and natural deaths. Media outlets like the BBC obscure this by citing "health officials" without disclosing Hamas control. Key reasons for distrust include:

• The United Nations revised Hamas’s claims, stating women and children comprised about a third of casualties, not the majority.
• A University of Pennsylvania study found a 1:1 combatant-to-civilian ratio, contradicting Hamas’s civilian-heavy narrative.
• The Washington Institute argues Hamas figures are deliberately distorted.
• Data analyst Mark Zlochin’s analysis of 150 UNRWA worker deaths showed 62% were men, suggesting many were Hamas fighters. Zlochin estimates 18,000 total deaths, far below Hamas’s 32,000 claim.
• The "10,000 missing" claim is unverified, static, and lacks evidence.
• A Henry Jackson Society study confirms Hamas manipulates casualty tolls for propaganda, often uncritically repeated by media.

The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) and Its Lost Credibility - sham

The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) resolution accusing Israel of genocide lacks legitimacy, passed with only 28% membership participation and no debate, driven by an Islamist membership surge post-7 October. Over 500 experts demanded its retraction, noting Hamas, not Israel, fits the genocide definition. Besides, the IAGS has been exposed of its merely $30 membership no expertise required - org.

The Political Weaponisation of the Genocide Narrative

Biased scholars like Omer Bartov, featured in The New York Times, have pushed the genocide narrative for years, predating the current war, revealing its political, not legal, basis. Quotes from Israeli officials, such as Benjamin Netanyahu’s Amalek reference or Yoav Gallant’s “human animals” comment, are taken out of context; Gallant referred to Hamas, and Isaac Herzog assured against harming civilians. Yuval Avraham’s claim that only 9,000 identified terrorists imply the rest are civilians ignores Hamas’s network of collaborators.

Holocaust historian Norman J.W. Goda notes the "genocide" accusation is designed to place Israel “outside the realm of decency and human values.” With Jeffrey Herf, he argues it inverts victim and perpetrator roles.

Rejected by Genocide Experts: AJC’s Rebuttal

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) outlines why Gaza events are not genocide:

• Genocide involves intent to destroy a group based on identity; Israel targets Hamas, not Palestinians.
• Israel responds to Hamas’s genocidal attack.
• Israel’s actions aim to spare civilians, unlike Hamas’s deliberate harm.
• The “facts” of the genocide charge don’t add up.

The Humanitarian Crisis: Who Is Really Responsible?

Allegations of Israel starving Gaza are debunked by a 311-page BESA study showing more food entered Gaza than pre-war, with Hamas theft as the culprit. U.S. President Donald Trump noted: "They’re in a war there," highlighting conflict’s reality, not genocidal intent.

Key Debunkings

• Famine Fraud: IPC reports rely on biased sources; COGAT data confirms ample aid.
• Casualties: 1:1 combatant ratio (vs. 9:1 norm); UN revises down women/children claims.
• Human Shields: Hamas’s core tactic, condemned by Joe Biden, European Union, and The New York Times.
• Aid: Israel pioneered evacuations and treats Gazans; no genocidal state aids victims.

The Truth Behind the Propaganda: A Counter-Narrative

Former British Army officer Andrew Fox describes the Gaza situation as "the largest propaganda assault in modern history," terming it "Israel Derangement Syndrome." Amnesty International’s Israel branch rejected its parent’s genocide conclusion as predetermined. Yad Vashem condemned the accusation as abusing Holocaust memory. Bernard-Henri Lévy calls it a tragic war against a terror group hiding behind civilians, not genocide.

Alex Hearn, director of Labour Against Antisemitism, notes that the term “genocide,” coined by Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin, is misused to erode protections for Jews, with the accusation rooted in the antisemitic 2001 Durban Conference.

The Distortion of Genocide: A Weapon Against Jewish Sovereignty

Civilians are dying in Gaza, a tragic reality, but tragedy is not genocide. The difference lies in intent, context, and fact. Hamas seeks genocide; Israel does not. The accusation is a weapon against Jewish sovereignty, not a defence of Palestinian lives.

Conclusion: Israel’s Moral Beacon Amid Lies

The genocide accusation is a politically motivated lie, unsupported by evidence or international law. From Ahmad Shukeiri’s Nazi echoes to Francesca Albanese’s Goebbelsian rants, this "PR jihad" inverts Hamas’s atrocities. Misusing "genocide" erodes protections for Jews and others, as Raphael Lemkin warned. Israel fights for survival and peace, a democracy defending civilisation against barbarism. The world must reject this blood libel, support Israel’s right to exist, and demand Hamas’s defeat for Gazan liberation.

See also

• Taqiyya
• Pallywood
• Columbia Untisemity
• Mahmoud Khalil
• Palestinization
• SJP
• BDS
• Swastika palestine activism
• IAGS
• Rejecting the fake "genocide" propaganda initiated by PallyWeid

Notes

1. 'Canada rejects genocide allegation made against Israel'. 'Toronto Star', January 12, 2024. [1]

2. 'Germany Rejects UN ’Genocide’ Charge Against Israel'. 'AFP via Barron’s', January 12, 2024. [2]; 'Gaza, German Economy Minister Habeck: "Israel is not committing genocide"'. “Whoever would like to do it is Hamas”. 'Agenzia Nova', January 11, 2024. [3]

3. 'France Rejects Genocide Accusations Against Israel in Gaza'. 'New York Times', January 17, 2024. [4]

4. 'UK says it has 'considerable concerns' about ICJ ruling, rejects genocide accusation'. The 'Times of Israel'. January 27, 2024. [5]

5. 'Israel has hit civilians in Gaza but no genocide - Tajani'. 'Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata'. January 11, 2024. [6]

6. 'Austin: No proof Israel is committing genocide'. 'Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)', April 9, 2024. [7]

7. 'White House sees no genocide in Gaza'. 'Reuters' Videos. Updated Mon, May 13, 2024. [8]; 'Biden Declares Israel’s Military Operation in Gaza ‘Is Not Genocide’'. 'The New York Times', May 20, 2024. [9]

8. Schneider, Elena; Haberkorn, Jennifer; Stokols, Eli. 'Biden: What's happening in Gaza 'is not genocide. 'Politico. May 20, 2024. [10]

9. 'Hungarian FM to 'Post': Genocide claim at ICJ is nonsense, we back Israel.' Tova Lazaroff, 'The Jerusalem Post', January 26, 2025. [11]

10. 'Paraguay rejects accusations presented against Israel at the International Court of Justice'. Agencia de Información Paraguaya. January 10, 2024. [12]

11. 'Kamala Harris: What She’s Said About Israel-Hamas War'. 'Newsweek', July 22, 2024. "Harris' office made clear she disagreed with the characterization of Israel's actions as a genocide". [13]

12. ' 'Not genocide': Biden rejects anti-Israel claims". 'JNS', Oct 7, 2024. “Contrary to allegations against Israel made by the International Court of Justice, what's happening is not genocide,” Biden said on Monday. [14]

13. Salo Aizenberg, 'A strong consensus has formed: there is no genocide in Gaza'. 'X (formerly Twitter)', May 20, 2025. [15]

14. Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, 'International law scholar: There is no genocide in Gaza'. 'Jerusalem Post', July 28, 2025. [16]

15. '5 Reasons Why the Events in Gaza Are Not ’Genocide’'. 'American Jewish Committee (AJC)', July 22, 2025. [17]

16. Rachel O’Donoghue, 'I’m a Genocide Scholar... And I’ve Been Prepping My NYT Genocide Case Against Israel for Years'. 'Honest Reporting', July 17, 2025. [18]

17. Jeremy Sharon, Jacob Magid, and ToI Staff, 'Predetermined conclusions: Amnesty Israel workers slam parent group’s ’genocide’ charge'. 'Times of Israel', December 5, 2024. [19]

18. 'Yad Vashem rejects genocide allegation against Israel'. 'JNS via Columbus Jewish News', July 28, 2025. [20]

19. Bernard-Henri Lévy, 'There Is No ’Genocide’ in Gaza'. 'New York Sun', November 21, 2024. [21]

20. 'There is no starvation in Gaza caused by Israel, Hamas at fault: Consul general'. 'NewsNation', July 29, 2025. [22]

21. Charlie Kirk, 'No, Israel is NOT Starving Gazans: Debunking the Latest Propaganda Attacks Against Israel'. 'Facebook Video', July 28, 2025. [23]

22. ' 'They’re in a war there': Trump rejects claims of genocide in Gaza'. 'The Jewish Chronicle'.August 4, 2025. [24]

23. Dennis Prager, 'The word ’genocide’ is losing its meaning'. 'Facebook', May 31, 2025. [25]

24. Alan Dershowitz, 'Why ’Gaza genocide’ claims equal Holocaust denial'. 'New York Post', July 15, 2025. [26]

25. Maïa de La Baume, 'There is no clear intent to commit genocide in Gaza, top international law expert says'. 'Euro News', August 1, 2025. [27]

26. 'New study debunks Gaza genocide claims, finds flaws in UN, int'l reporting on war'. 'Jerusalem Post', August 3, 2025. [28]

27. 'Israel is not guilty of genocide in Gaza'. Sherwin Pomerantz, 'The Jerusalem Post', July 22, 2025. [29]

28. 'Israel Chooses Survival over Surrender' Dr. Fiamma Nirenstein, 'JCPA', September 18, 2025. "Peace will come when Hamas is defeated. If Europe insists on saving Hamas, Europe will pay the price." [30]

29. 'Israel's war is many things, but it is not genocide'. Accusations of genocide not only misrepresent the legal definition but also ignore the reality of how Israel wages this war. A state plotting genocide does not stop military operations for hostage exchanges, allow in hundreds of aid trucks, tolerate open dissent among its top leaders, or permit its own policies to be publicly challenged in real time. Zina Rakhamilova, 'Israel Hayom', August 11, 2025. [31]

30. 'How is the PA's agenda not genocide?' 'JNS', Mar 26, 2024. "Washington wants an entity that requires terrorists be paid for killing Israelis to rule post-war Gaza." [32]

21. (Re IAGS). Joe Brown, 'Want to be a renowned genocide scholar? Pay $30'. 'i24NEWS', September 3, 2025. [33]

• The Times of Israel – "More than 500 experts sign demand that genocide scholars group retract accusation against Israel" (September 9, 2025)

• CAMERA – "ABC’s Selective and One-Sided Coverage of the IAGS Genocide Libel" (September 5, 2025)

• The Times of Israel – "Genocide scholar says group pushed through Israel condemnation without debate" (September 2, 2025)

• The Washington Institute – "The Charade of Academic Garb" (September 2, 2025)

• i24 News – "Want to be a renowned genocide scholar? Pay $30" (September 3, 2025)

• The Media Line – "Only 28% of Scholars Association’s Members Voted on Gaza Genocide Resolution, but Global Media Missed the Story" (September 4, 2025)

• The Times of Israel Blogs – "The PR Jihad" (September 7, 2025).

'The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) membership criteria was exposed on X by Salo Aizenberg of HonestReporting. Soon after, people began joining under fake names, real names, their pets joined, and even “Adolf Hitler” joined. Actual genocide scholar, Professor Mia Bloom, Ph.D., one of the founding members of IAGS, and others, exposed the voting process as a sham vote without transparency, without the standard debate, and any dissent was blocked.'

32. (Re al-Jazeera):

• 'Fatah: Al-Jazeera is a mouthpiece for Hamas'.

The Jerusalem Post, Mar 9, 2008. [34]

• 'Al-Jazeera's pro-Hamas mouthpiece'.

By Roi Kais. Ynetnews, Nov 8, 2014 — "The al-Jazeera network has chosen a clear side in the Gaza–Israel conflict, and anchorwoman Ghada Owais is taking the lead in the network's one sided-coverage." [35]

• 'How Qatar became a key world player and fed the Hamas beast.'

"Qatar has used its wealth to buy friends on every side of every conflict. This has helped it give money to fund Hamas." By Shlomo Maital. The Jerusalem Post, December 23, 2023. [36]

• 'Journalists in the service of Hamas.'

Ben-Dror Yemini. 'Ynetnews', January 10, 2024. [37]

• 'Knesset approves bill to shut down Al Jazeera in Israel'.

Ynetnews, April 1, 2024 — "The time has come to remove Hamas' mouthpiece from our country." [38]

• 'Captured Documents Show Al Jazeera Ties to Hamas, Islamic Jihad.'

Ahmad Sharawi, FDD, October 29, 2024. [39]

• 'Palestinian Authority freezes Al Jazeera operations in West Bank'.

"The freeze in operations follows Fatah's December 23 announcement that they will ban the media giant after inciting during clashes in Jenin." 'The Jerusalem Post', January 1, 2025 [40]

• 'Palestinian Articles: Al-Jazeera Is A Hamas Mouthpiece That Spreads The Movement's Lies'.

MEMRI, February 20, 2025 [41]

• 'IDF kills Hamas terrorist doubling as journalist'. 'The Jerusalem Post', August 11, 2025

[42]

33. 'Gaza Chief’s Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas'. "Yahya Sinwar’s correspondence with compatriots and mediators shows he is confident that Hamas can outlast Israel." Ahmed Deeb for The Wall Street Journal By Summer Said and Rory Jones. 'Wall Street Journal'. June 10, 2024. [43]; 'Gaza Chief Sinwar Is Confident that Hamas Can Outlast Israel'. Daily Alert', June 11 2025 [44]; The Brutal Calculation of Hamas’s Leader'. 'Wall Street Journal'. June 17, 2024. [45]

34. (Re Hamas using its people as human shields):

• 'Hybrid Threats: Hamas’ use of human shields in Gaza'. StratCom | NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence Riga, Latvia. Stratcomcoe.org. June 6, 2019. [46]

• 'Hamas attack: Israel will protect its people and its future'.

The Boston Globe. October 8, 2023. [47]

• 'Israel Can Defend Itself and Uphold Its Values'. October 14, 2023 .

The Editorial Board. 'The New York Times'. ..."Hamas is using the people of Gaza as human shields against Israel’s bombing campaign." [48]

• 'Biden: Civilians in Gaza 'Being Used as Human Shields. 'Times of Israel', Oct 15, 2023.

[49]; 'Biden: Civilians in Gaza 'Being Used as Human Shields | WSJ News. YouTube. October 14, 2023. [50].

• 'EU nations condemn Hamas for what they describe as use of hospitals, civilians as ‘human shields’'. 'AP', November 13, 2023.

[51]

• 'We can’t ignore the truth that Hamas uses human shields'.

Jason Willick, 'The Washington Post', November 14, 2023 [52]

• 'The Anti-Israel Mind in Profile: Elizabeth Warren'.

By Rhe Editorial Board, Oct. 7, 2024. [53]

• 'A Hostage Deal Is a Poison Pill for Israel'.

Bret Stephens, 'The New York Times', September 3, 2024. [54]

• 'Hamas cannot be allowed to use hospitals as fortresses'.

"Using patients as human shields is despicable. It must be prevented." Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, 'The Telegraph', November 14, 2023. [55]

• 'Hamas are cruelly turning hospitals into targets'. Arsen Ostrovsky, 'The Telegraph'

November 16, 2023. "The international community should direct its outrage at the terrorists systematically using civilians as human shields." [56]

• 'Shifa Hospital anticlimax: 200 Hamas forces evaporate into thin air? - analysis'

'The Jerusalem Post', November 13, 2023. "Why did the IDF find more traces of hostages and more powerful weapons at the Rantisi Hospital only a few days ago?" [57]

• 'IDF uncovers, destroys explosive devices in UNRWA kindergarten in West Bank'.

'Jerusalem Post' Staff, January 4, 2024. "Many weapons and other pieces of military equipment were confiscated and destroyed besides those found in the kindergarten." [58]

• 'Hamas uses civilians as human shields, Gazan journalist states'. 'The Jerusalem Post', February 15, 2024.

"Saftawi says it's the first time in a decade that he's been able to speak on this publicly." [59]

• 'A Tunnel Offers Clues to How Hamas Uses Gaza's Hospitals'.

'The New York Times', February 12, 2024. "Al-Shifa, Israeli officials have argued, is an example of Hamas's willingness to use hospitals as cover and turn civilians into human shields." [60]

• 'Inside Hamas: How the terrorist organization uses guerrilla tactics to wage war'.

Darcie Grunblatt, 'The Jerusalem Post', July 13, 2024. "Hamas uses civilian homes to stockpile weapons, dresses its fighters as civilians and moves through an extensive tunnel network to sneak up on and ambush Israeli soldiers." [61]

• 'Human shields? UN, you’re blaming the wrong side - editorial'

"Hamas has used the human shield tactic at least since 2007." 'JPost' Editorial, June 23, 2024. [62]

• 'WATCH: IDF reveals Hamas launched rockets from humanitarian area in civilian clothes'.

'Jerusalem Post' Staff. August 14, 2024. "Hamas deliberately embedded its military assets used to carry out attacks against Israel next to humanitarian infrastructure and the civilian population." [63]

• Hamas terrorists use Gaza schools as refuges, and refugees as human shields.

'Ynet', August 11, 2025. "Thousands of Palestinians have found refuge in Gaza's schools, despite poor conditions and severe overcrowding; however, the increasing use of UN facilities by Hamas operatives for terror activities has led to a corresponding rise in IDF airstrikes." [64]

• 'Hamas Used Gaza Hospital as a Command Center, U.S. Intelligence Says'.

Julian E. Barnes, 'The New York Times', January 2, 2024. [65]

• 'How Hamas Uses Brutality to Maintain Power.'

Julian E. Barnes, Adam Rasgon, Adam Goldman and Ronen Bergman. 'The New York Times', September 13, 2024. "The group has abused hostages and Palestinians in its efforts to maintain control of Gaza and wage an insurgent war". Hamas’s practice of operating from civilian areas of Gaza has drawn sharp criticism from Palestinians. “Those launching rockets and firing bullets from civilian areas don’t care about civilians,” said Abu Shaker, whose family has been repeatedly displaced. He asked to be identified by his nickname. “If you want to fight Israel, you should go do that. But why are you coming to hide among the civilians?” At the beginning of the war, he said, militants fired rockets at Israel from the busy towns of Deir al Balah and Nuseirat in central Gaza. Residents hurried indoors in anticipation of retaliatory Israeli strikes. It is notoriously difficult to assess public opinion in Gaza. Mobile phone networks have been spotty. Polling is extremely complicated. Interviews are challenging to conduct, especially during a war. And speaking out against Hamas is risky. Still, Palestinians interviewed by The New York Times expressed frustration with Hamas, particularly over its practice of embedding in civilian areas. The Palestinians interviewed said that while Israel bore enormous responsibility for the suffering the war has brought upon them, Hamas did too. Hamas built access points to its extensive tunnel network inside homes. An aerial photo recovered by the Israeli military from a Hamas commander’s post shows three dozen hidden tunnel entrances marked with color-coded dots and arrows in one crowded neighborhood. [66]

• 'IDF operates against Hamas terror hub near Jabalya hospital'.

'Jerusalem Post' Staff. December 24, 2024. Terrorists had planted explosive devices and booby traps in the area surrounding the hospital’s compound.  [67]

• 'Leaked documents expose Hamas's exploitation of Gaza hospitals'

Jacob Laznik, 'The Jerusalem Post', September 10, 2025. "Hamas also tracked UNRWA, WHO, Doctors Without Borders, and Red Cross staff inside Gaza hospitals, framing aid groups as potential intelligence threats." [68]

• 'Hamas, not the IDF, endangers Gazan civilians'.

"International law makes Hamas, not Israel, responsible for civilian harm, yet much of the world continues to misjudge the situation." Eric R. Mandel, 'The Jerusalem Post', September 11, 2025. [69]

35. (Re Hamas blocking evacuation):

'Hamas tells Gaza residents to stay put as Israel ground offensive looms'. By 'Reuters', October 13, 2023. [70]; 'Hamas Tells Civilians Not to Evacuate to the South'. 'Wall Street Journal', October 13, 2023. [71]; 'Hamas seen blocking evacuation routes in Gaza - IDF'. 'The Jerusalem Post', October 15, 2023. [72]

• 'Hamas blocks Gazans from evacuating to safe zones". 'Israel Hayom', October 14, 2024.

"Fresh evidence has come to light regarding Hamas' ruthless exploitation of Gaza civilians as human shields." [73]

• 'WATCH: Hamas prevents evacuation from Gaza City with threats and attacks on civilians".

"60,000-80,000 out of one million have left the city, with the majority still staying because of threats from Hamas terrorists." Yonah Jrremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post', September 3, 2025. [74]

36. 'Two Americans Injured by Direct Hamas Attack at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Aid Site'. July 5, 2025. "GHF Distribution Site Attacked.. GHF Bypasses Hamas to Deliver Aid.. Hamas Threatens GHF, Gazans Seeking Aid.." [75]

37. Ironic Much? "Hamas attacks UN workers, then cries about Israel blowing up APC's in Gaza'. Gila Isaacson, 'Jfeed'. Sep 20, 2025. "Hamas gunmen allegedly opened fire on UN aid teams in southern Gaza, seizing vehicles and blocking a new aid corridor, as the group simultaneously accused Israel of deploying explosive APCs." [76]

38. 'Hamas losing iron grip on Gaza as US-backed group gets aid to Palestinians in need'. Rachel Wolf, 'Fox News', July 17, 2025. "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has delivered over 76 million meals since May despite criticism from the international community." [77]

39. (Re Hamas' "Health Ministry" Are Untrustworthy).

• 'UN blames ‘fog of war’ for major overcounting of Gazan child deaths'.

Mike Wagenheim, 'JNS', May 12, 2024. [78]

• 'How the Gaza Ministry of Health Fakes Casualty Numbers'.

"The evidence is in their own poorly fabricated figures." Abraham Wyner, 'Tablet Magazine', March 6, 2024 [79]

• 'Gaza Fatality Data Has Become Completely Unreliable'.

Gabriel Epstein, The Washington Institute, March 26, 2024. [80]

• 'Women and children of Gaza are killed less frequently as war’s toll rises, AP data analysis finds.'

By Josef Federman and Larry Fenn. 'AP', June 10, 2024 [81]

• 'Not one person found under the rubble in Gaza for four months - there are still exactly 10,000 missing (if you believe Hamas, which the UN does)'.

EoZ, September 1, 2024. [82]

• 'UK think tank: Gaza death toll inflated to defame Israel for targeting civilians."

"Hamas figures appear to include thousands who died of natural causes, Henry Jackson Society finds, accusing international media of being too quick to accept terror group's numbers." By ToI Staff, December 15, 2024. [83]; 'New study shows: Gazan civilian death toll deliberately exaggerated to vilify Israel.' "Study by the Henry Jackson Society think tank finds the number of civilians reported killed in the Gaza conflict has been manipulated by Hamas-run authorities in Gaza for propaganda purposes, with international media often repeating the claims without scrutiny." 'Israel National News'. December, 15, 2024. [84]

40. 'Some 80% of Gaza fatalities are Hamas or family members.' 'JNS', Oct 7, 2024. "Israel has estimated that 17,000 combatants have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas is privately admitting that 80% of the Palestinians killed during the year-long war in Gaza are Hamas members or their families.." [85]

41. (Deceiving "shocking' images)

'They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All 12 Suffer from Other Health Problems.'

"A Free Press investigation found that the viral photos lacked important context: The subjects have cystic fibrosis, rickets, or other serious ailments." Olivia Reingold and Tanya Lukyanova. 'The Free Press', August 17, 2025. [86] [87]

• 'With EVERY photo of a ‘starving’ Gazan proving fake, how can you believe the famine claims?'

By Post Editorial Board. 'New York Post'. August 18, 2025 [88]

42. 'TIME's 'Starving Gazans' Cover Under Fire: Photographer Linked to Shocking BILD Exposé'. "TIME magazine is under renewed scrutiny after emotional testimony from Gaza-based photographer Ali Jadallah, whose deeply personal losses raise concerns over potential bias in conflict imagery. Critics question whether his work, used on TIME’s August 1 cover, reinforces a pro-Palestinian narrative amid allegations of staged photos and links to Anadolu Agency, the same outlet tied to a BILD exposé." 'JFeed', Aug 7, 2025. [89]

43. (Re Shukeiri):

• 'Behind the British Conspiracy.' 'B'nai B'rith Messenger⁩', 12 July 1946⁩.

[90].

• 'Antiwar Group Warns Public of PLO Leader Shukairy.'

The Detroit Jewish News. Friday, February 03, 1967, p.9. [91].

• Kedourie, E. (2012). Arabic Political Memoirs and Other Studies. Taylor & Francis, p. 189.

[92].

• Lipstadt, D. E. (2016). 'Holocaust: An American Understanding'. United Kingdom: Rutgers University Press.

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• New Outlook, Volume 16, Issue 1. Volume 17, Issue 1, 1973, p. 28.

[94].

44. 'Britain knows Israel isn’t committing genocide –but lets the lie spread anyhow'. Alex Hearn, 'The JC', September 16, 2025. [95]

45. Debbie Hall. 'The PR Jihad'. Times Of Israel. September 7, 2025. [96]

46. Imogen Garfinkel, ’Dismissing October 7 Gang Rape and Comparing Israel to the Third Reich: Who is UN ‘Special Rapporteur’ Francesca Albanese?,’ 'The JC', November 28, 2024. [97]

47. Human Rights Expert: 'Francesca Albanese uses Nazi textbook to produce Oct. 7 denial'. 'Human Rights Voices', July 9, 2025. [98]

48. Navi Pillay Archives - UN Watch

49. 'UN Watch Rebuttal: Legal Analysis of Pillay Commission’s September 2025 Report to Human Rights Council.' 'QUN Watch', September 16, 2025. [99]

50. 'Polls: It’s not just Hamas – it’s all Palestinians. 98% said Oct. 7 events “made them proud”'. Itamar Marcus, 'PMW', Oct 7, 2024 [100]

51.Goda, Norman JW. 2025. "The Genocide Libel: How the World Has Charged Israel with Genocide." ISCA Research Paper 2025-3. [101] [102]

52. 'Why it’s wrong to call Israel’s war in Gaza a ‘genocide’'. "Critics have always been quick to hurl the word at Israel. It’s more aptly applied to Hamas." By Norman J.W. Goda and Jeffrey Herf, The Washington Post, June 3, 2025. [103] [104]

53. 'The only thing being genocided in Gaza is truth itself.' "We are living through the largest propaganda assault in modern history." Andrew Fox, 'Israel National News', Sep 16, 2025. [105]

54. 'UN panel that determined genocide in Gaza made up of ‘Hamas proxies,’ Israel says.' "A new U.N. report relies “entirely on Hamas falsehoods, laundered and repeated by others,” without identifying Hamas as the problem, critics say." Mike Wagenheim, 'JNS', September 17, 2025. [106]

55. 'The U.N. Genocide Report Against Israel Is an Assault on Critical Thinking.' John Spencer, 'Washington Free Beacon'. September 17, 2025 [107]

56. 'Pretending that Hamas does not exist'. "To the UN, Hamas’s attempts at genocide are completely justified, while Israelis commit genocide just by living." Gary Willig. 'Israel National News'. September 18, 2025. [108]

57. 'Claudia Sheinbaum anuncia dos decretos para maestros y se niega a repudiar el genocidio en Gaza'. 'La Izquierda Diario'. June 23, 2025. [109]

58. ’UK Government Rejects Determination of Israeli ’Genocide’ in Gaza,’ 'Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)', September 11, 2025. [110]

59. 'German Chancellor: Israel’s actions in Gaza do not amount to genocide.' Elad Benari. 'Israel National News', Sep 19, 2025. [111]; 'Merz: Germany still to decide whether to back sanctions on Israel'. 'Reuters', 'Jerusalem Post Staff', September 18, 2025. "Merz said Israel's actions in Gaza were not proportional to its stated goals, but said Germany did not share the view that the actions amounted to genocide." [112]

60. 'Public Broadcasting Corporation Declares Israeli Berlin Award Speech "Anti-Semitic"...' 'Wala' Culture. Last Updated: 2.26.2024. [113]

61. 'Yuval Avraham may have won an Oscar – but did he mean what he said?' "Body language analysis leads to the hypothesis that there are strong interests motivating Avraham's behavior." Maayan Bashan. 'Mako' health. Published: 03.04.2025. [114]

"The Mufti.. concocted a new kind of antisemitism that combined traditional Muslim antisemitism, like the anti-Jewish verses you find in the Koran, with the Nazi antisemitism that demonised Jews... His whole ideology was antisemitic and from the very beginning he targeted Jews, not Zionists."

The difference between lies and reality is sometimes just a color on a map

W. Ormsby-Gore as he was preparing the royal commission report, "Though I knew there was ill-feeling between Jews and Arabs, I had not realized the depth and intensity of the hatred with which the Jews are held by the Arabs..."

"It is not Israel's settlement blocks but rather the Palestinian ideological blockade that constitutes the biggest barrier to peaceful arrangements . The Jew-hatred in this region must no longer be played down as a kind of local custom ..."

The only tweet (July 2014) on the Twitter account of the late American Elan Ganeles - murdered by Arab-Islamist "Palestinian" on Feb 27, 2023 hy"d: "I think you're always going to have tension in the Middle East, when there's [are] people who want to kill Jews, and the Jews don't want to be killed, and neither side is willing to compromise."